Service difficulty report · Lanyard · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 4, 2010
Submitted
December 7, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N901DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53378
Aircraft time
49,660 hours, 36,684 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Lanyard
Condition
Misinstalled
Location
Door Slide
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON LINE CHECK, MX FOUND L2 DOOR SLIDE LANYARD FRAYED AND INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. ALSO FOUND L1 DOOR SLIDE LANYARD INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. MX REPOSITIONED L1 DOOR SLIDE LANYARD AND REPLACED L2 DOOR SLIDE LANYARD IAW MM.

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